• First full trailer for Taylor Sheridan show The Madison has officially been released
• Follows the Clyburns as they uproot their comfortable New York City lives for the wild, untamed beauty of Montana’s Madison River Valley
• Isn’t connected to Yellowstone, despite initial reports

The day has finally arrived, fellow Taylor Sheridan fans – the first full trailer for the new series The Madison has just dropped (and you can catch up with it below).

Starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell, we’re set to follow the Clyburn family as they uproot their comfortable New York City lives for the wild, untamed beauty of Montana’s Madison River Valley. The series is set to be a Paramount+ exclusive from March 14, featuring six episodes.

Before watching the trailer, I was expecting something more similar to Sheridan’s upcoming shows Marshals and Dutton Ranch. We now know that The Madison isn’t linked to Yellowstone despite early reports, but it wasn’t too far-fetched to believe some cowboy drama and potential shootouts were in the mix.

However, the trailer reveals a different story, and it’s one that reminds me of Netflix‘s most successful original series of all time.

Opinion: The Madison first look feels like Virgin River with Taylor Sheridan’s cowboy style

If you removed The Madison cast and plopped Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson in the same rustic cabin you see above, it almost feels like you’d have exactly the same show as Virgin River. Even the typography and cutaway shots of luscious mountains and waterfalls are a mirror image.

The last thing I expected Sheridan to do was to take his new project down the cozy drama route, but that’s precisely why we should never underestimate him.

Try summing up the above trailer in a single word, and you’d probably land on wholesome. This clearly isn’t a family at war, like the Duttons, but one with hope and love at its core, leaning into a slower way of life. If anything, that’s the best surprise Sheridan could ever spring on us.

Frankly, my mum is going to be thrilled that Sheridan has swapped blood and swearing for emotional drama and bird-watching. She’s part of a core Virgin River fanbase that I suspect will be migrating to Montana along with the Clyburns, and that’s a huge win for Paramount+.

Sheridan’s viewership figures already speak for themselves (that’s how we got Landman season 3 confirmed so early, after all), but something more light-hearted is the only type of TV show he doesn’t have in his arsenal.

If you can’t beat them, join them… and I don’t suspect it will take too long for the Sheridanverse to be hot on Netflix’s cozy drama heels.

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Jasmine is a Streaming Staff Writer for TechRadar, previously writing for outlets including Radio Times, Yahoo! and Stylist. She specialises in comfort TV shows and movies, ranging from Hallmark’s latest tearjerker to Netflix’s Virgin River. She’s also the person who wrote an obituary for George Cooper Sr. during Young Sheldon Season 7 and still can’t watch the funeral episode.